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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Richard_RortyRichard Rorty - Wikipedia

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   Sentimentality as the foundation of human rights. Richard McKay Rorty (October 4, 1931 – June 8, 2007) was an American philosopher. Educated at the University of Chicago and Yale University, he had strong interests and training in both the history of philosophy and in contemporary analytic philosophy.

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3. plato.stanford.edu › entries › rortyRichard Rorty - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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   Feb 3, 2001 · Richard Rorty. First published Sat Feb 3, 2001; substantive revision Thu Jun 22, 2023. Richard Rorty (1931–2007) developed a distinctive and controversial brand of pragmatism that expressed itself along two main axes. One is negative – a critical diagnosis of what Rorty takes to be defining projects of modern philosophy.

4. iep.utm.edu › rortyRorty, Richard | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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   A comprehensive overview of the life and work of Richard Rorty, an influential American philosopher of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. Learn about his rejection of Platonism, his embrace of Pragmatism, his challenge to representationalism, and his vision of a secular humanist democracy.

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6. www.britannica.com › biography › Richard-RortyRichard Rorty | American Pragmatist, Philosopher & Educator

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   Apr 25, 2024 · Richard Rorty was an American pragmatist philosopher and public intellectual noted for his wide-ranging critique of the modern conception of philosophy as a quasi-scientific enterprise aimed at reaching certainty and objective truth. In politics, he argued against programs of both the left and the.

7. www.nytimes.com › 2007/06/11 › obituariesRichard Rorty, Philosopher, Dies at 75 - The New York Times

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   Jun 11, 2007 · June 11, 2007. Richard Rorty, whose inventive work on philosophy, politics, literary theory and more made him one of the world’s most influential contemporary thinkers, died Friday in Palo...

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   Was Richard Rorty a Platonist?

   • Richard Rorty was an important American philosopher of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century who blended expertise in philosophy and comparative literature into a perspective called “The New Pragmatism” or “neopragmatism.” Rejecting the Platonist tradition at an early age, Rorty was initially attracted to analytic philosophy.

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   Who is Richard McKay Rorty?

   • Richard McKay Rorty (October 4, 1931 – June 8, 2007) was an American philosopher. Educated at the University of Chicago and Yale University, he had strong interests and training in both the history of philosophy and in contemporary analytic philosophy.

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   Who is Richard Rorty?

   • Richard Rorty: the Making of an American Philosopher. University of Chicago Press. A pragmatist's progress?: Richard Rorty and American intellectual history / John Pettegrew, 2000 Rorty audio, "Dewey and Posner on Pragmatism and Moral Progress," University of Chicago Law School, April 14, 2006.

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   How did Richard Rorty die?

   • Richard Rorty, whose inventive work on philosophy, politics, literary theory and more made him one of the world’s most influential contemporary thinkers, died Friday in Palo Alto, Calif. He was 75. The cause was complications from pancreatic cancer, said his wife, Mary Varney Rorty.

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9. www.hup.harvard.edu › books › 9780674248915Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism — Harvard University Press

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   Aug 17, 2021 · Edited by Eduardo Mendieta, this book collects Rorty's final lectures on his version of pragmatism, a philosophy that challenges authority and promotes democracy. Rorty engages with Habermas, West, Bernstein, and other critics and allies in his distinctive style and voice.

10. llp.siu.edu › volumes › rorty-richardRichard Rorty | Library of Living Philosophers | SIU

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    Oct 19, 2023 · He became the center of tremendous controversy, within and beyond the academy. This volume brings together many of Rorty's best critics and supporters for a comprehensive assessment of his achievement and a final defense of the views for which he became so widely known. Rorty died on June 7, 2007.